Worried

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A small grey cat sprawled in the snow outside the nursery, her bronze-coloured pelt thicker and softer than it had once been. The queen's large, bat-like ears swivelld from side to side and her dark yellow eyes were squeezed shut. Scrawltale yawned widely, her tail twitching like a snake.
She jumped in hock with a yowl of sirprise when som tiny claws connected with her tail. She whipped her tail to her side, turning her head around to see Beacankit sitting there, with his til wrapped around his tiny grey paws.
She licked her son between the ears. "You'll give me a heart attack some day, you know," she grumbled. Beacankit grinned at her. "Sorry Mamma.
Scrawltale sighed. She was worried about her litter, especially Beacankit. A litter of tiny kits, surviving through leafbare? It was unsaul, if not impossible. And her kits were scrawny anyway; it went with the breed. And Beacankit was the runt, so....

[fernie. (:]

Fernpelt walked towards the nursery, always eager to see how the kits were getting on. There she found Scrawltale. 'How are your kits?' She asked, looking at the playful bundles of fur.

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"Hi, Fernpelt!" squeaked Beacankit playfully. His mother silenced him, then smiled up at the deputy. "They're okay.." she mewed, her voice trailing off. She added in a lower voice, so her son would not here: "'m worried that they may not survive leafbare."
Beacankit rolled playfully onto his belly with a squeal, his furry tail swinging between his little legs.

[fernie. (:]

'Well, if you need help, I'll be glad to. Just tell me what to do and I'll be straight there.' Fernpelt jumped up with a playful sparkle in her eyes as one of the kits bowled into her. 'They're playful enough, and I'm sure they'll be fine over the winter.'

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Scrawltale smiled and nodded. Then she curled her tail over her nose for a quick nap. Beacankit looked up at Fernpelt with huge blue eyes. They would later change colour, but most young kit's eyes were blue. He blinked up at the deputy, then rolled bavk into a clumsy sitting position and mewed quickly: "What's it like being deputy? Can I be an apprentice? Do you have any kits? Amethystar's my grandma!" The three-moon old kit looked breathless after this, but continued staring up at Fernpelt, wide-eyed.

[fernie. (:]

You're full of questions aren't you!' Fernpelt Purred with amusement. 'And, as for being an apprentice, you don't have to worry about that for a while! Enjoy playing with your littermates! You don't have to worry about growing up yet, little one.' Fernpelt lay down on the cold ground beside the kit.

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Beacankit immediatly snuggled against the warrior's soft fur, his blue eyes half-shut.
"But growing sounds fun," he mumbled. You get to like... go on patrols and fights and go to Gatherings and stuff..."

[fernie. (:]

Fernpelt sighed, wrapping her tail around the kit. 'It's not all butterflies and rainbows, y'know... What do you want to be when you grow older? A medicine cat? A deputy, like me? Or even a leader?'

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"Dunno," mewed Beacankit, his voice suddenly gloomy. But I can't never be anything big, 'cuz I'm too small. I'm just a runt, dats what the apprentices say. They laugh behind my back when I 'in't looking."

[fernie. (:]

'Hey, you can be anything if you try hard enough. And just because you're small doesn't mean you're runty. It means you're special.' Fernpelt said, her eyes twinkling.

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Beacankit looked up at the deputy, his eyes glimmering. "Really?" he mewed. He thought hard. His mamma had told him what his name meant. 'Beacan' meant little one; which meant he was small, right? But if Fernpe;t said being small meant being special, he must be special, because Fernpelt's never lie! Satisfied, he sat up and grinned. "I'll be Beacanstar of EclipseClan!"

[razor]

_{From somewhere back in camp there was a yowl of fury; "What do you mean you got attacked!" From the tone of the voice it could easily be worked out that Ravencurse was doing the shouting. His fur was fluffed up and his acid green eyes where flashing dangerously, his claws where out and ripping at the earth as he glared down at Fennecmask. The Rex Warrior has a great shoulder wound and his left ear was bleeding, he had just been attacked by some rouges. He'd chased them out of course but he didn't get them to go without a fight. He coughed softly and shook his head, "Its okay" he muttered before turning away. Aspenkit popped up out of no where. He blinked up at his father, "Papa, why is Uncle Ravencurse shouting" he mewed swaying his little paws about as he butted the toms stomach.}

[fernie. (:]

'Yep. You'll be a good leader, won't you? And you'll make small cats everywhere stand up for what they believe in'
OOC: Sorry, I couldn't help putting that last bit in! xD!

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Scrawltale awoke by her uncle's shouting and her son's shrill mew. She climbed to her paws and rced up to her mate, licking his wounds clean and fussing over him, before turning to Ravencurse, yellow eyes flashing dangerously.
"Don't you dare lecture him, uncle, you couldn't have done any better!" she hissed angrily.
Beacankit shivered and ran up to his father. "Pappa, make dem stop shouting!" he mewed, tears in his blue eyes.

[fernie. (:]

Fernpelt jumped up and sprinted over to the gathering crowd. 'Can someone please tell me what is going on her and stop the shouting as the kits are getting scared!' Fernpelt's eyes blazed with anger.
OOC: I have to go for tea, but I'll be back in like half an hour! Stay on for me!

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Scrawltale turned to face the deputy, temper rising, then realised who it was and dropped her furious gaze.
"Ravencurse is yelling at Fennecmask because he protected the clan, she hissed. "He fought them and won, and my uncle is yelling at him for getting hurt." He wanted to slash her mother's brother's muzzle to shreds.

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_{Ravencurse froze when he saw the kitten, he had always had a soft spot from them. He shrunk a little and licked Beaankits head before turning to his niece. "I'm just angry, thats all, how dare they hurt him" he murmured, he had grew quite attached to Fennecmask, the two where almost like brothers. Aspenkit shivered under all the shouting and snuggled next to his brother. Fennecmask purred a little and nodded to his mate before turning to Ravencurse again. "I'm okay really" he murmured quietly, flinching a little under the toms gaze. He had eyes like his mother just as Amethyststar had eyes like her fathers; dark liquid amber.}

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Scrawltale snuggled against her mate, appeased now that her uncle had apolegized. She slowely groomed her mate's fur, her eyes half-closed and her tail wrapped with his.
Beacankit huddled against his brother, licking Aspenkit's nose. "Uncle Ravencurse is scary," he mewed, with a tremor in his voice.

[fernie. (:]

'I think that instead of shouting because we accomplished something, we can use our time to do useful things. Now if you two want to carry on your little dispute, carry it on in front of Amethyststar, so she can hear whats been happening. Utter nonsense! Fighting over rogue defeats. Fennecemask (sp?) you'll have to find something to put on those wounds.' Fernpelt turned and stalked away, fuming.

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Beacankit watched her go wistfully. She had been nice to him, like no cat ever was. Well. His brother and his sister and his mamma and his pappa were all nice to him, but practically no cat that wasn't his family would talk to him. With a small snuffling sigh, he buried his head in his paws and shed a single tear.

[fernie. (:]

Fernpelt felt strange. That was the first time she actually had had to use her deputy powers within the Clan. She felt sad though, that she had had to leave the sweet little kit, Beacankit. She decided she would bring prey to his mamma as an excuse to go and talk to him again. She took a large rabbit and ambled up to them.

[razor]

_{Ravencurse grunted softly and looked up at the skies, for a second he swore he could see Razorstar grinning down at him. He blinked his eyes and the image was gone. Sighing he began to stalk away, he had no one any more, no cat bothered with him. Yes he winds where shrinking away to nothing but that wasn't it. He was Razorstars /son/ he was the bad one, they all hated him. Growling to himself he feel in a small heap at the corner of camp, eyes fixed on a clump of nettles; then to something further into the forest.. Deathberries.}

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Beacankit smiled when Fernpelt returned. "Mamma - Fernpelt brought us some food!" He got to his paws and rubbed his head against the deputy's leg fondly - bfore attacking the rabbit with his tiny, pin-sharp fangs.
Scrawltale laughed. "Leave some for me." She dipped her head to the deputy, and her yellow eyes showed apolegy as well as gratitude - apolgy for her mate and uncle stirring up trouble. But mainly her uncle, she thought privatel.

[fernie. (:]

Fernpelt returned her nod.
OOC: I want Fernpelt to get a mate, but I can't if she's deputy, can I?

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_{ooc; legasp. Noon of you care if Ravencurse tops himself on Deathberries, legasplegasp.}

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"Uncle," said a small voice. It was Spectrumpaw. The little grey-and-white apprentice sat by Ravencurse and smiled. "I saw you. Don't do it. Don't leave me. Please." Though Spectrumpaw was in no way related to Amethyststar's brother, he thought of him as an uncle, as he had known and been fond of him since his tiny kit 'fat little paws' stages of life.

[fernie. (:]

OOC: I do! But the characters don't no...

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Ooc; Well, she can, but some other queen can suckle her kits.

[fernie. (:]

OOC: Oh cool! But I don't know who with... Any ideas?
BIC:Fernpelt lay down beside Beacankit again, while he chomped on the rabbit.

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<sub>ooc; -squeals happily- I loved that role play, his fat lil paws. -squee attack-

Ravencurse blinked adn turned to the little tabby tom, he had always thought of the Apprentice as more of a son than anything else. He licked the young tom between the ears, "I never would" he murmured gently. He took one last sorrowful glance at the berries before turning round. "I just feel lonely thats all little one" he murmured, stretching out his small, small wings.</sub>